Starting at the A6 in Oadby (52.6058°N 1.0937°W﻿ / 52.6058; -1.0937﻿ (A563 road (A6 junction))), the road progresses clockwise, passing between Knighton and Wigston (crossing the A5199 Welford Road), then to the south of Aylestone (crossing the A426), then turning north by Fosse Shopping Park. It runs between M1, passing the A47 and then the A50. At Beaumont Leys it turns eastward.